Difference between Captious and Faultfinding

What is the difference between Captious and Faultfinding?

Captious as an adjective is having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections. while Faultfinding as an adjective is tending to find fault

Captious

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections. Intended to capture or entrap.

Faultfinding

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Tending to find fault

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Excessive or petty criticism

We hope you now know whether to use Captious or Faultfinding in your sentence.

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